House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
You Must Be Alive To Vote Act of 2021
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 5, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 8, 2021 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 860.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BABIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 22, February 5, 2021, Page H469):clause 18 of section 8 of article 1 of the Constitution: ``To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution of foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 5, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 292 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 860, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/860
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of July 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 860, last updated July 21, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
13 cosponsors — 13 Republicans
0 of 13 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Rick Allen (R-GA), Ted Budd (R-NC), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Ronny Jackson (R-TX), John Joyce (R-PA), Fred Keller (R-PA), Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), Mary Miller (R-IL), Scott Perry (R-PA), Bill Posey (R-FL), Thomas Tiffany (R-WI), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Randy Weber (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Brian Babin.
- H.R. 28 (117th) Protecting Life in Crisis Act
- H.Res. 1183 (117th) Denouncing domestic terrorist violence against religious organizations and domestic terrorist violence against groups and organizations…
- H.R. 140 (117th) Birthright Citizenship Act of 2021
- H.R. 4122 (117th) REDI Act
- H.R. 5892 (117th) Our Veterans Earned It Act
- H.R. 4593 (117th) Securing Our Border States Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.